Taliban attacked, dozens of casualties
Witnesses said three explosions targeting Taliban vehicles just occurred in the capital of Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan, killing at least three people and injuring 20 others.
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| A Taliban member praying. Photo: AP |
According to the AP news agency, no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack that took place today (September 18) in Jalalabad. However, an increasingly violent branch of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) group, which is now an enemy of the Afghan Taliban, is based in eastern Afghanistan.
It is not yet clear whether any Taliban officials were among the dead and wounded.
Also today, a bomb exploded in the capital Kabul, injuring two people, police said. It is not yet clear what the target of the Kabul bombing was.
Regarding Afghanistan, the Taliban today replaced the Ministry of Women's Affairs in the country with the Ministry of Prayer, Guidance, Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, with members consisting entirely of men.
